Description of spring roost trees used by female Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis) in the Lake Champlain Valley of Vermont and New York

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 181-187

  Britzke, Eric R ^a   Hicks, Alan C ^b   Von Oettingen, Susanna L ^c   Darling, Scott R ^d  

^a New York State Department of Environmental Conservation ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

^c New England Field Office   (United States)

^d Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; RADIOTELEMETRY; ROOST SITE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; CARYA OVATA; MYOTIS SODALIS;

EID: 32644437602     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2006)155[0181:DOSRTU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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